The Acumen Fund shifted the paradigm a while ago… (if you haven’t yet read Jacqueline Novogratz’ The Blue Sweater, take the time during your holiday break to do so–it’s a great book)
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Posted by TED Talk–Novogratz–Hero « Change by Doing on February 19, 2011 at 10:51 PM
[…] be hard-pressed to find someone more inspirational than Jacqueline Novogratz–she, of Acumen Fund and The Blue Sweater, is a hero of mine–I look forward to one day hanging out with her, […]